The First Date
First dates can be tough, especially if you haven’t dated in a while. The fear of change and rejection are powerful forces capable of keeping people...
Twin Cities HR: Conferences & Connections
This Spring is providing a variety of opportunities for the HR community in my hometown to conference and connect around some terrific content!
Employment Branding Excellence at UHG
I had coffee this week with one of the strongest practitioners in the Employment Branding space, Heather Polivka at UnitedHealth Group. Heather is a...
Careers, Culture & Cool
I typically don’t walk away from conversations about Employment Branding and Employee Engagement blown away. I have a pretty decent perspective on...
Circle of Trust
Remember the movie, Meet the Parents? Where Gaylord Faucker was hopelessly left outside his soon to be father in law’s magic circle of trust despite...
Bedside Manner
An outstanding week followed by a miserable weekend offered some interesting considerations for the work I do.
The Service of a Leader
The challenges and demands today’s business leader faces are many. More with less, cost containment, globalization, transformation, reinvention…and...
Brand America’s Team: My Weekend on the Bus
Travelling in style on the Dallas Cowboys Tour Bus Today the Dallas Cowboys won the NFC East with a dominating win over their in conference...
A Players
Had the fortunate opportunity to connect over coffee this week with the braintrust at The A List. A great conversation with A Players and all around...
Resolve 2010
With another year passing and new decade upon us comes a moment of opportunity unlike most any other throughout the year. It’s a time that mandates...
Life of a Start Up Intern
I remember my first real internship. Cold calling thousands of C- leads to try and squeeze out some level of moderate interest for the VP of sales at...
HR 2.0 in 2010 — Talent First
The practice of Human Resources is poised to look very different coming out of this recession. Through the recent challenging economic climate...
Meaningful Work
Malcom Gladwell explains Passion on Purpose this way, “These three things, autonomy, complexity and a connection between effort and reward – are,...
A Powerful Recruiting Web Site – And Digital Footprint
I do some writing and a fair amount of speaking on the emerging topic of Employment Branding. And one (and certainly not the only) impact area...
Talent Innovators – Where did they come from?
Enjoyed a great conversation today with Employer Brand International Corporate Advisory members Kerry Noone, Marketing Communications Manager at...